Julian vs Miltech
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Julian
This app provides a quick and efficient way to view and convert between 11 different types of dates, including standard Julian dates, Mars Sol dates, and Unix time. It features a calendar for easy navigation and allows copying dates to the clipboard. The current date can be displayed on the app icon and Apple Watch complications.
- 11 date type conversions
- Calendar view
- Copy to clipboard
- App icon badge display
- Apple Watch complications
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Julian makes it simple to find any day of the year, convert dates, and understand your year at a glance on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Browse the calendar to explore past and future dates, or enter a day number to jump straight to the matching date. Choose the date format you prefer and instantly see the day of the year, year progress, days remaining, week number, and current quarter. Convert between calendar dates, ordinal dates, ISO 8601 dates, ISO week dates, Julian calendar dates, Julian Day Numbers, and Unix timestamps. Add or subtract days, weeks, months, or years, or calculate the exact time between two dates. Julian supports a wide range of astronomical and time counting systems, including CCSDS Julian Date, CNES Julian Date, Dublin Julian Date, Lilian Date, Mars Sol Date, Modified Julian Date, Rata Die, Reduced Julian Date, Truncated Julian Date, and Unix Time. Copy any date value with a tap, or copy and share a complete date summary. Save your favorite formats for fast access whenever you need them. Keep important date information visible with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Customize their layout, colors, and content. Larger widgets can show additional date values and calendar views without opening the app. On Apple Watch, quickly view yesterday, today, and tomorrow, look up any day of the year, and choose complications that match your watch face. Use Siri to retrieve date values and check your year progress. Add Julian actions to Shortcuts to convert dates, perform calculations, copy results, and open detailed date information. Personalize Julian with seven color themes, alternate app icons, and System, Light, or Dark appearance. Set your preferred first day of the week and choose which month begins your first quarter. For an instant glance, enable the optional app icon badge to show the current day of the year. Badge updates are silent and do not create banners or sounds. Notification permission is required.
Miltech
This app provides essential tools and information for military and civilian maintainers working with NATO supply systems. It allows for quick lookups, saving of item details, and collaborative equipment management. Features include fault tracking, inventory attachment, and shared lists for efficient work completion.
- Supply system searching by NIIN/NSN or part number
- Save item information locally and sync across devices
- Create and track equipment faults with attached items
- Collaborate with users on equipment management and sharing
- Monthly item catalog updates for accuracy
- Quick access to pre-saved lists
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The original mobile companion for FedLog and i2Log is back and better than ever! Miltech has been redesigned from the ground up to provide the information and utilities that you as a military or civilian maintainer need in order to quickly and efficiently complete your work. Miltech allows you to look-up, share, and maintain all the information you need while working within the NATO supply system. Features Supply System Searching - Search item information by NIIN/NSN. - Search item information by manufacturer Part Number. - Saves search history for quick lookup at a later time. - Item catalog updated monthly to ensure all information is accurate. Tools Save information - Users can save all item information to their local device for later lookup. Data is now properly synced across all devices if logged in. - Allows savings items in quick lists, serialized, or categorized. - Quick access to pre-saved lists such as equipment LINs, UOCs, batteries, tires, and clothing. Motorpool Management - Equipment faults can be created and saved, making it easier to track work being done. - Attach items to faults in order to keep an inventory of everything you need to finish the job. Shop Management - Collaborate with other users for equipment management. - Share lists, equipment, notifications and messages. Please report all bugs and send suggestions for improvement to Dev.Fromage@gmail.com in order to help continually improve Miltech. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Julian at 4.8 against Miltech's 4.1. Julian also leads on ratings volume (4.6K vs 36). Miltech's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Julian sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Miltech sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Julian holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Julian has 4.6K ratings behind it against 36, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Julian's written reviews are positive against 64% of Miltech's.
Julian ships an update every 2 months, Miltech every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Julian | Miltech |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (4.6K ratings) — better | 4.1 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews — better | 64.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.6K — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Juan Carlos Perez | Kyle Baker |
Customer experience
Julian
Miltech
Bugs and requests
Julian
Reported bugs
3 issues- Complication not updating correctly on Apple Watch
- Date displayed incorrectly, one day behind
- App not functioning properly after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Display current date along with Julian date
- Add countdown/days remaining functionality
- Display week number
- Show Julian date on app icon
Miltech
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Julian
- Short Cup$0.99
- Tall Cup$1.99
- Grande Cup$2.99
Miltech
- Monthly Ad Free$2.491 Month









